A high court sitting in Sagamu has issued an interim order restraining the Ogun State Government from demolishing or tampering with the private residence of Gbenga Daniel, former governor of the state, and his wife, Olufunke.
Justice O.S. Oloyede granted the order on Tuesday after hearing an ex parte application filed on August 11 by A.M. Kotoye, counsel to the applicants.
The restraining order also covers any action that could give effect to a quit notice dated August 8, 2025, served on the property known as Asoludero Court in the Government Reservation Area (GRA), Sagamu — now called Awolowo Avenue. The property, measuring about 1,659 hectares, has a computerized Certificate of Occupancy issued in January 2010.
The respondents in the suit are the Governor of Ogun State, the Attorney-General of Ogun, the Ogun State Planning & Development Permit Authority, and the state Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development.
The court adjourned hearing on the motion for interlocutory injunction to August 19, 2025.
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In a separate but related case, Justice Oloyede granted another ex parte order restraining the Ogun government from demolishing Conference Hotel Limited and Blue Chapel Limited — both owned by Daniel.
The legal action follows recent claims by Daniel’s media aide, Steve Oliyide, alleging that the demolition notices on the former governor’s residence and hotel amount to “political persecution” by Governor Dapo Abiodun.
Oliyide warned that the notices were part of a targeted effort to harass the former governor.
However, the Ogun State Government has denied the allegations. Kayode Akinmade, special adviser on information and strategy to Governor Abiodun, said the move is part of an ongoing urban renewal and development audit affecting GRAs in Sagamu and Ijebu-Ode, not a political vendetta.